#i just don't fucking understand it yall

[trashbaget]

how do people hate love?

love is such a happy warm and gentle feeling. it is quite probably the happiest emotion i can understand to possibly exist, and i do not understand how people can just detest it. 

and i don’t mean in a romance-repulsed aromantic sort of way, or even in the jokey “y’all are so sweet and lovey it’s disgusting” way. but a genuine, deep-seated hatred of love? 

how do people hear even a mere suggestion at the possibility, a damn joke about dating somebody in a hypothetical future, and say point blank, i don’t care i just don’t want to hear about it. 

just.. how can people hate love so much they insist on putting others down for talking about a feeling that makes them happy?

#i just don't fucking understand it yall #love is love and love is good #the Exact wording for that last one was: man idc i just dont wanna hear about SHITE #i'm just really upset about it at the moment because some friends just ganged up on me in their absolute trashing of ppl talking about love #and i just love love in general #but more than that i have had such an awfully long and difficult journey with myself about how being vulnerable abt my own feelings and love #because i have spent most of my life just shitting on myself for wanting to talk about my feelings with other people because i feel annoying #i feel unwelcome and foolish. ignored? belittled? what word am i looking for. #i feel like people don't give a shit about what i feel and want me to shut the hell up for crissake #and i've only just recently felt comfortable talking about feelings honestly with friends and now i just. #i want to crawl back into the shame cave with my weaved basket full of hearts and sniffle #god just. fuck people who hate love all right #leave me and my happy mumbles alone #don't immediately rant about how much you hate ppl discussing love and relationships after i say something about someone i'm interested in?? #jfc bro just take your wet blanket and have a picnic on the pacific floor don't toss it on me hoping i'll turn into a ghost #excuse me yall i'm just really not happy about thsi right now. some friends just said some shit that rubbed me super wrong and it instantly #shot down the good happy feeling i was finally having during this extreme depressive episode #shut up IM holding the trashtalking breadstick

[every-dayiwakeup]

If Billy Hargrove is your idea of evil, you’re a life virgin. Seriously, you must live in a hell of a security bubble.

 An abused teenager who spent the majority of his screen time in tears and being taken advantage of repeatedly isn’t evil. Labeling stuff you don’t understand as evil or problematic... do y’all ever get tired?? 

Being exposed to “the other side” is literally a part of life, and it’s not a bad thing. It can be good for you, actually. 

#yes i returned to main to say this #its so fucking stupid #id say you should watch more media to see a real villain #but too much media may be part of the problem idk #billy hargrove #fandom wank #it is painfully obvious just how sheltered a majority of antis are #that or theyre just in denial #wasting your time guilt tripping strangers into not liking a character is just dumb #if yall werent too quick to shut out what you don't understand... #there are actual problematic characters in media #idk come back when you can name 5 real ones lmfao #its pathetic #i can give you some rn #literally most hotd characters #patrick bateman from american psycho #theres homelander #oh and soldier boy

[brookheimer]

the one thing i feel pretty certain about for this episode is that america will not decide the election. a decision will be made, a president will be elected, but america will not be the deciding factor.

succession can’t mimic 2016 or 2020 point blank, that would be boring and have nothing to say. it can’t try to outdo trump because it’ll go too whacky and fall flat like veep’s last season (sorry conheads, no way he’s winning). but what it CAN do is illustrate the immensely corrupt, often arbitrary, and hugely influential nature of news media and conglomerations on political processes. i think probably jimenez will be in the lead, then atn/waystar does something to, i don’t know, discount votes or cast suspicion on jimenez or call the election for mencken early, and the tide will shift, even though the votes are already in. the votes don’t actually matter. the actual result doesn’t actually matter. that’s the power logan (and as an extension, billionaires and CEOs in general) hold. shiv says it herself to logan in s4e2: “just cause you say it’s true doesn’t make it true. everyone just fucking agrees with you and believes you, so it becomes true and then you can turn around and say like, 'oh, you see? see? i was right.'” but it doesn’t matter that logan’s “a human fucking gaslight,” everything he says comes true anyways. not because he was right, but because that’s how it works. he says things and then they happen, regardless of what the truth is or what should actually come to pass. that’s been one of the key throughlines since the very first episode of the entire show when, in response to kendall calling logan out of touch because times are changing and logan isn't changing with them, logan hisses that everyone always says you’re wrong until you do it and prove you were right: “you make your own reality.” you can't miss the bus if you're the one driving it. the election, the votes, the political process? none of that matters. it was always going to come down to the roys and their ilk (allies or enemies, just the top 1%) — that was the whole point of “what it takes” (the mencken episode) last season, after all.

i’ve seen lots of theories about what america will choose and how the candidates will respond and all that and i just don’t think that’s the show’s focus; i think the whole point is to demonstrate the lack of agency, the illusion of democracy. because, i mean, we’ve already seen the fall of democracy via fascist election and fascist election-denial, both in real life and in the countless (usually mid) satires created afterwards. it would be disappointing to see succession use the election to reiterate that same point of 'ohhh alt-right ahhhhh!!!' i don’t think it’ll be about ‘fascism’ at all — at least, not ‘trump-y’ fascism. it’ll be about fascism in the broader sense, the kind that doesn't sport a KKK hood (even when it keeps one tucked away in the attic). it's the fascism that every single roy (very much including shiv and kendall) aid and abet -- the fascism that so many succession fans don't seem to regard as fascism, despite it quite literally being the definition of fascism. trump wasn’t the entrance of fascism into our political process. he wasn’t the lone sign of the failing of american democracy. democracy in america has long been illusory, trump just made it more blatantly evident with his particular brand of hate-speech-ridden masculinist in-your-face fascism.

so i think that’s what this episode will hopefully focus on — america will not decide. corporations, news media, and the roys will. thus, the president will most likely become president not because the country supports his policies the most, but because he’s likely to agree to help block a business deal for a major media empire, and the other candidate is unlikely to. and this will likely come to pass due to said major media empire's interference and influence: they create their own reality. they say it, and everyone agrees with them and believes them, so it becomes true.

#WOOF okay here's my unnecessary ~thematic prediction~ for this episode #i have some more like random thoughts ab what'll happen but those r less thought out and more throwing shit at the wall etc #but i've been thinking a lot ab this ep n idk i just can't see any other way it could be done satisfyingly -- they can't just do 2016/2020 #again. the focus has to be elsewhere. i have some specifics thoughts on details but again those r kinda random n will be in another post #after bizarrely getting a lot of things right this szn i know a lot of people are looking to me to see what i'll say for this ep and let me #remind yall that I AM LITERALLY JUST GUESSING BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SHOW AND HOW NARRATIVES #TEND TO WORK PARTICULARLY IN SUCCESSION! if i am wrong which i very well might be please do not crucify me. i know literally #nothing more than anyone else i'm just a random english/gov major who likes speculating about media ! that said if i end up right again #somehow then yes i am a prophet i am jesse armstrong i have never been wrong about anything in my life. etc #watch this age so poorly tho. #LOL #also fwiw i dont think the Shock etc is going to come from the election results - maybe possibly from the way things happen (i could see a #line of miscommunication resulting in fucked up outcomes etc which i can get into in another post) or a roy sibs moment but i just #don't think there's any way the results themselves cld be surprising. it's jimenez or mencken. it's not gonna be connor guys. #succession #succession spoilers #except not really. just succession speculation more than anything else #long post #succession speculation #100

[thottybrucewayne]

No, real question. How you a transmed and nonbinary?

#thotty speaks #They said 'oh people don't take you tenderqueer nbs seriously cause yall won't get on hrt/get surgery to show us youre serious #Look I want to get on t. I wanna do a lot of things to make me feel more at home in my body that I'm not sure about yet #Safety wise etc and it just...as a Black person for you to not understand other Black trans people being hesitant abt jumping into surgery #or worrying about pricing and post surgery care and being under medicated etcetc #Not to mention that I shouldn't have to do these things at YOUR pace to prove that I'm trans like... #You got top surgery money? You tryin to nurse me back to health when I take days to try to heal? #I just hate this argument cause you can ask any nb who medically transitioned if people 'take them seriously' and usually the answer is #A resounding no! Most people see nbs who medically transition as 'just trans with extra prns' and 'still about clothing' #idk I just hate the idea that I have to 'earn' legitimacy by rushing into something I haven't even found a proper safety net for #I feel like if you doin all this yappin but you not going out of your way to look out for people just starting hrt or need help post op #just shut the fuck up #idk it just find it funny like you do not benefit from that transmed shit at all but do you ig

[a-dumb-sarcastic-bisexual]

I finally got around to watching the clone wars so here are some Ahsoka and Anakin headcanons that wont leave my brain

They both steal each other's stuff and complain when they catch the other one doing it 

As Anakin’s hair grows longer he finds himself looking for hair wraps or something to push it back 

And he stumbles on Ahsoka's stash he borrows them mostly when she’s off on a mission so she won’t complain 

But she suspects him of doing so cause they’re never in the correct spot he also steals some of her simpler hand wraps when he’s training 

Ahsoka's just as bad tho she’ll steal Anakin’s cloaks and shirts all the time cause for some reason the council failed to give her comfortable clothes  

It all comes to a head when Ahsoka is debriefing the council and Anakin and she stops and goes “Is that my head wrap?” 

The change of topic is so abrupt that no one reacts for a hot second 

And then Anakin goes into full-on defensive mode like “What? No your device must be defective cause this isn’t yours” 

Which Ahsoka calls him out because “Jedi’s don’t lie so just come clean sky guy I know that mine. And are those my kriffing hand wraps?! Take those off you’re gonna mess them up!” 

Anakin is still defending himself and Obi-Wan is stepping in scolding them for using this line for their petty and selfish arguments  

And then Anakin says “Wait snips is that my cloak” “Don’t change the subject just cause you got caught” “No no you can’t talk about getting caught you little hypocrite that’s my cloak!” 

Obi-Wan is still chiming in half-heartedly but he knows better than to stop a full-on argument between those two 

Especially when they’re throwing each other words back at them like “I thought you said I should keep warm” “And I thought you said I need a hair wrap with all this hair” 

The argument only ends cause Windu threatens to hang up the com 

After the debriefing ends Anakin calls Ahsoka back and the argument starts right back up again 

Ahsoka always gets ready with her music playing 

And Anakin in true big brother fashion doesn’t want Ahsoka to know he likes her music so instead he’ll just turn on their version of shazam and stands by the speaker in what he thinks is a normal fashion 

It always goes something like this “Master what are you doing?” “What do you mean snips I’m not doing anything” “Oh so you’re just standing in my doorway with your device on for no reason” “Yep” “Okay when well have fun”

And in bratty little sister fashion she turns off her music and lights and leaves him in the doorway 

Later on she makes a playlist of all his favorite songs and sends a link to it 

All she hears is a grumbled “thank you” from the other room 

Anakin also plays his music out loud sometimes and it took a small amount of time to realize the songs Ahsoka complains about the most are her favorites 

He adds them to their shared playlist and ignores her when she plays those songs more 

Over time they make a lot of joined playlists

Some to work out and train to, some to hype them up before a mission, some to wind down after a mission, some to play when they have nightmares 

It’s something that they both enjoy more than they probably should 

Obi-Wan jokes that some of those playlists will be the death of him 

Ahsoka runs abnormally hot to the point where she could wear shorts in winter and Anakin runs cold enough to be confused for a corpse  

Obi-Wan Padme and Ahsoka all agree that he needs to get checked out cause no way is it healthy to be that cold 

They're both fine in their rooms where Ahsoka can blast the AC and Anakin can turn the heater up as high as he needs 

But the common room is where the bickering happens such as “Jesus snips I didn’t realize we lived on Hoth” or “I’m so sorry master that every room can feel like Mustafar” 

I also know that they both get nightmares like Earth-shaking soul shattering nightmares 

Some where they get abandoned some when they can’t save each other in time and some where they have to kill each other  

Not a lot of words need to be said when Ahsoka wakes Anakin out of a dead sleep with tears in her eyes or when Ahsoka wakes up cause Anakin is checking in on her for the third time that night 

They both just grab as many pillows and blankets as they can carry so they can make the world's best pillow fort 

Obi-Wan has grown accustomed to finding them cuddled up on the floor while the credits of a shitty old movie roll in the background  

When they get older I feel like they unlock the childhood nickname status 

Don't get me wrong snips and sky guy are their normal nicknames and will never go away but those are mostly used when they’re out in public or on the battlefield 

When they’re around people they trust like Obi-Wan and Padme you’ll hear questions like “You good Ani?” or “Be safe Soka”

#star wars #star wars clone wars #the clone wars #ahsoka tano #star wars headcanons #anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi #padmé amidala #ahsoka and anakin #snips and skyguy #yall dont understand #these stupid doomed siblings have taken over my every waking thought #like I'm actually obsessed in an unhealthy way #I'll never forgive whoever decided they needed to be separated #especially cause they look so fucking sad when they are separated #like that is a pair why would you split them up!!!!! #they're frequently bought together #why would you give him a sibling just to take her away #anyway I might wright more headcanons #and I say headcanon in a loose sense cause it's basically an au #no one dies no one gets hurt and I keep all my babies close together #but only if the weird star wars dude bros agree not to be weird about it #I don't wanna hear any “well that doesn't fit in canon” #I have officially rejected canon

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

#I'm also really happy to understand the Bashir/Garak ship. Those two boys have more than just lunch together #I'm anxious because by all accounts DS9 is the best of 80s-90s trek #Like I'm worried about going to tng and voyager after this. #I already hate that I'm not going in order and missing minor tng continuity on DS9 (like who Q is) #Don't get me wrong I am enjoying Star Trek. The memes are just really fucking good. #Yall have had 30 years to come up with this shit #post o' mine #Star trek #deep space nine #homemade memes

[godbirdart]

i know i talk about formline work a Lot but like

we’re super lucky to have artists creating this artwork today. while being decently widespread in the pacific northwest, between the tragedies imposed upon the PNW communities by settlers - disease, famine, displacement etc - formline art could’ve gone extinct. we’re seeing a resurgence from the lull of art that occurred not even a couple hundred years ago

there’s no question that there’s a lot of cultural recovery that’s underway alongside this resurgence. we’re still reuniting communities with their work as recent as February 2023. nothing hurts an artist [and by proxy, their community] quite like having their work stolen - especially a culturally significant piece.

i just feel super fortunate that despite everything, we have indigenous artists today that share their works with us. this isn’t even limited to PNW art. I’m grateful I can visit a museum, owned by the local indigenous community, where i can explore Plains art in its rightful home. i’m grateful that i get to learn about my neighbours and that they can share their stories and culture on their terms.

tl,dr: idk!! we should celebrate and support and get to know our neighbours better!! thank you artists for sharing your work

#have yall any idea how easily communities couldve just gone: #no fuck you actually you don't Get to look at our work or attend our events #i'd absolutely understand why #we are so so lucky that indigenous communities across canada share their work at all #i promise i enjoy indigenous art a normal amount #i am just very passionate about art #but man if there was a class open to outsiders to learn formline art #i would very much so like to learn

[rakkuntoast]

people saying Phil should run DONT TAKE ANGEL OF DEATH PHILZA AWAY FROM ME

#qsmp #qsmp liveblog #I've been literally preaching for Phil to fuck up the server like he's done on past smps if yall ruin it for me it's on SIGHT #qsmp philza #HES AN ANARCHIST GIVE ME COLD AND CALCULATING PHIL #I am very passionate about this you don't understand #Phil is seen as just the guy who laughs at everything. let them learn the angel of death name

[panzershrike-pretz]

Guess the fuck who started their morning with a panic attack

#i call it a level 8 based on my experience #could've been worse #my dog was in pain so I panicked about tgat #she's at the vet now and i know its in good hands but i'm still anxious #she's my whole reason to live so I just hope she gets better #i'm lonely now :( #but i'm doing better too just crying a bit but I guess that's understandable #they think she had a back injury and now I'm just standing here thinking of a whole plan to get ramps on every single furniture #anyway one hell of a way to start your thursday #🥨🪶 #out the window with my plans of making the school homework today #i don't care about them at all when she's far away and i'm worried as all hell #grades be fucked I can re-do a semester but not re-do my time with her #oh well thought I'd tell yall so I don't go crazy all on my own here

[fishshit]

why is yurio having a crush on yuuri/viktor is a popular trope? like, i know kids can have unserious crushes on adults and stuff but why is this trope popular??

#i hope yall can understand what i'm trying to point out #i think it's just me getting uncomfortable with this #like i said it's normal for kids (especially teenagers) to have crushes on adults but there are literal povs of yurio #idk dude this fandom makes me uncomfortable so fucking much sometimes 😭 #HALF of the fandom btw #i love yoi fandom <3 #yuri on ice #BTW IF YOU WROTE/DREW SOMETHING LIKE THIS I'M NOT TRYING TO JUDGE YOU PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT THIS WAY!! #it's the popularity and some people's fondness abt it

[mafukasa]

also this is just a thought I had recently after seeing certain takes from certain people, but I really wish yall would actually remember that child neglect IS abuse even if it’s unintentional when talking abt tsukasa’s childhood yknow.

and also acknowledge it as something genuinely traumatizing lmao. cause as a victim of unintentional abuse some of the shit I had to read with my own eyes while being in this fandom is making me fucking sick just saying.

#like how hard it is to understand that neglect is not excused in any way and is a traumatizing experience even if it was unintentional #also the shit yall say in some of your mafukasa discussions is also making me so fucking mad just saying #if I see one more bitch comparing their traumas in a way they say 'ooo mafuyu had it worse than him' I am going to k someone #cause SINCE WHEN are we casually comparing traumas like it's a normal thing???? #and I am saying this as someone who can relate to both what mafuyu and tsukasa experienced #through saying one had it worse than the other you are contributing to the stigma around child abuse I hope you know that #cause many victims me included have believed that 'others have it worse and I did not experience actual abuse' #and still hearing such things from other people after you've finally acknowledged your trauma is just incredibly frustrating #sorry for the rant I kinda don't care I just felt like putting this somewhere

[morally-gray101]

Why do fanfic writers randomly make characters korean. And it is always the whitest characters ever. Like I read a fic where someone made the twinyards half korean or some shit and it's like. Tilda was probably a racist. I swear to you I have read multiple fics where Keith Kogane was made korean. He's literally japanese. just don't do it? it's not only forced diversity, it's just randomly making your faves korean because you have an east asian fetish. This has been a PSA.

#why specifically korean too #like why the whitest most caucasian characters ever #i once saw fanart of martin blackwood #and he was half korean half polish #the fanart was fucking fantastic by the way #but why half korean half polish???? #it was so random #do yall just #spin a globe and point at random coutries #is this like something i don't understand because im not a fic writer??? #or is it just for the aesthetic #aftg #all for the game #andrew minyard #aaron minyard #twinyards #vld #keith kogane #tma #martin blackwood #im only half joking #its a bit weird #there are other countries in asia? #yall never see people randomly making characters desi #i wonder why that is

[dolokhoded]

the irony of dallas jenkins portraying the struggles of an oppressed people in the chosen and writing all those impactful emotional scenes about the reality of being jewish in ancient israel and those fights between matthew and simon and then saying he stands with (modern day) israel. my brother in christ.

#the chosen #like. do you not understand how fucking stupid that is do you even know what you're writing about #any pro israel comments on this post will be deleted and i will block you im just saying this now #because this /is/ on the chosen tag and i don't usually interact with the actual christian community around that show idk what yall are like

[mokeonn]

I'll make a post about it later but I swear the WORST advice I see being passed around in art circles is that art is a popularity contest and the only possible way to make money off of art, especially online, is to get popular first. Like that is BLATANTLY false.

The art community CONSTANTLY has to remind artists how damaging the numbers game is, and I think a huge reason why is because of how common a misconception it is that you have to be popular to make a living. It feels like the second I leave my specifically curated tumblr art community, I am bombarded with this idea.

#simon says #rant #delete later maybe #i made this bc I was watching a youtube video about how harmful fast fasion is for artists #and in the comments someone was talking about how they gave up on commissions bc no one ever bought them even though their prices were low #and someone responded by saying that the artist had to do youtube bc making a living was a popularity context #and I quote: 70% popularity 30% talent #and the first person said they were fucked because they had autism and social anxiety and couldn't do youtube #i instantly jumped in and made a long ass comment correcting this #giving advice on how to get more commissions and build an audience for themselves #while telling them that the person telling them it's about popularity is SUPER wrong #I now understand why there's ALWAYS a post about ignoring the numbers game getting popular #I totally fell into the same pitfall where I thought I had to get famous first before making a living #working with an artist as a studio assistant and deleting twitter has helped me stomp that mindset out #it's just not true yall. you don't need popularity you need passion #anyways I wanted to rant about this because I never realized that people were like... ACTUALLY telling young artists this #I thought that it was a mindset folks naturally fell into (like me) but it turns out people are just... blatently saying it #you're actively discouraging artists if you say shit like that btw #that's kinda why I decided to rant it just made me so mad like bro you are being a dick rn and preventing someone from creating #like the numbers game totally stops a lot of artists from creating what they like bc it won't do well #when you spread that idea that popularity is what makes an art career you are hurting so many artists #like I understand HOW the misconception starts and I understand where it comes from (once again been there done that still unlearning) #but don't spread that idea yall. it's just so shitty #anyways rant over uwu

[tecchous-thicc-buttocks]

this is ! and ? they're besties and I'm in love with them.

#WHY #WHY ARE YOU #WHY DO YOU DO THIS #CRYING SOBBING SHAKING #THEY'RE SO GOOFY #i know there are more posts on these goofy mfs out there but I needed to spread it to my corner of tumblr and I only wanted the gif #i've been watching it on repeat and suddenly I have back problems #I DON'T WATCH THE ANIME AS A MANGA ONLY BUT I'VE SEEN SO MANY JOKES ABT IT THAT I JUST MIGHT #GOJO IS JUST GOOFING AROUND WAVING HIMSELF LIKE A CAR DEALERSHIP THINGY #NOT A SINGLE BONE IN HIS BODY #WHY IS HE FRENCH KISSING THAT CAN #SO FUCKING INTIMATE??? #YALL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WAY I'M SCREAMINGGGG #WHY HIS ARM SO SWINGY #AND THE WAY HE JERKS HIS HEAD TO THE SIDE???? #i'm not even gonna get started on geto #DUDE #DUDE WTF #WHY ARE YOU THE GRINCH #HUNCHBACK OF MOTHERFUCKING NOTRE DAME #reminds me of #“i don't have bad posture i'm just standing like a question mark bc i don't know why the fuck i got up this morning” #AND HIS FACE TOO #FUCKING CAVEMAN #KSDJGKSFJGKS #WHY IS YOUR NECK PROTRUDING OUT OF YOUR BODY IN THAT MANNER SIR #NO WONDER YOU KILLED HUNDREDS YOU'VE GOT SOME SERIOUS TENSION IN YOUR BACK AND NECK SIR #THE WAY I STRAIGHTENED MINE AS SOON AS I SAW THIS #YOU'RE LUCK I LOVE YOU GETO BC WTF WTF WTF #ACTUALLY SCREAMING RN

[fluffypotatey]

How dysfunctional would a shadowpeach be that never broke up but also never communicated their issues

you know this still works canon-wise, right?

#tbh the dysfunctionality would just raise from the clouded/murky status in lmk canon to 'holy fuck yall need need an exorcism' #you get it? #also swk has the 'stiff upper lip' kinda vibe with how he deals with things #he will not tell you #bc frankly he isn't sure if the issue is minor or 'please jfc get help you could be irrevocably damaged' bc his concept of pain and issues #differs so much from the norm no thanks to his 7-fold immortality and longevity of life #then you have macky who has the issue of assumption #like....what i'm feeling and understanding must be CORRECT bc any other that contradicts or disturbs my reality of truth is wrong #for example: his abandonment issues with swk and his 'under the mountain' verbal spar w/ swk #like don't get me wrong. his emotions and hurt is very VERY valid #bc swk and macky still had communication issues in the past so he didn't really air out his issues UNTIL everything went to shit #not to mention macky for most of the lmk show believed that his version of his & swk's relationship was the only true version #he even tried to convince MK about it #therefore: if swk & macky were still together and the same shit happened? my god times their issues by 10 #maybe 20 #tbh the show keeps their relationship vague enough that you can interpret them as having a romantic relationship in the past #also who knows if they technically broke up #like not officially? #i mean after a guy dies that's the next assumption right? #unless they get resurrected so what's the truth? #swk had to have lived centuries believing their relationship was done #meanwhile macky woke up and thinks swk is being weird about it bc he still thinks of them as together #it's just a whole fucking mess #and i love it #lmk #shadowpeach #lmk sun wukong #lmk six eared macaque #asks